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oat are black with whitened tips, and often glabrous, 

 geniculate, with much twisted awns on the back. The 

 panicles are spreading. The straw is stiff and resists 

 lodging. The variety is not yet much grown in this 

 country, but it has thus far been found the best in all 

 oat variety trials in Alaska. 



The Algerian Red oat was also obtained by the United 

 States Department of Agriculture in 1903, from Algeria, 

 through L. Trabut. It has been found well adapted 

 in the southwestern United States, and does fairly well in 

 the middle and southern Great Plains. It closely re- 

 sembles the Rustproof. This oat is early and drought- 

 resistant. The panicles are spreading. The kernels 

 are reddish brown and bristly at the base, and occasionally 

 are awned at the back. The variety is not yet commonly 

 grown. 



The Clydesdale oat was introduced from Scotland by 

 Peter Henderson in 1885. It is a large-kerneled, white 

 oat, having an unusually heavy bushel weight, and is 

 now grown to a considerable extent in the eastern United 

 States. 



168. Manchuria barley. What appears to be the 

 first importation of the seed of Manchuria barley was 

 made by Hermann Grunow of Miffin, Wisconsin. 1 While 

 in Germany in 1861, he obtained the seed from Ferdinand 

 Deuhlke of Erfurt, then Director of the Agricultural 

 School at Potsdam, and gardener to the Emperor at Sans 

 Souci. The German supply had been secured in 1859 

 by a scientific traveler in the mountains of Manchuria. 

 On trial in Germany, the barley is reported to have given 

 results exceeding those of any other variety and proved 



1 For an interesting full account of this introduction see First 

 Ann. Rep. Wis. Agr. Expt. Sta., pp. 17-21, 1883. 



